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this or that

this or that determiner: any (of a range of similar items).

Determiner

this or that

  1. Any (of a range of similar items)
    • Throughout the book Watson tells us that this or that rule of law is absolutely fundamental, or basic. or terribly important: but we are not told what it means to be basic, fundamental or important or what is so basic about these particular rules.1979, Lawrence M. Friedman, “Book Review – Society and Legal Change by Alan Watson”, in British Journal of Law and Society, volume 6, pages 127–129

Pronoun

this or that

  1. This or that thing.
    • An editor may tell a writer to change this or that in an article before it can be published.

this or that meaning in Tamil

this or that in Tamil

உங்ஙன்

Questions about this or that

What does this or that mean?
This or that means any (of a range of similar items).
What is this or that in Tamil?
This or that in Tamil is உங்ஙன். See This or that meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is this or that?
This or that can be a determiner or a pronoun.

Words near this or that in the dictionary

  1. this meantime
  2. this minute
  3. this morning
  4. this much
  5. this one
  6. this or that
  7. this second
  8. this side of the black stump
  9. this this rice
  10. this time
  11. this too shall pass

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: this or that (page history and authors); this or that (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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